Parkway Would Lose Perfect Scores Under New State Assessments
However, the district would still land in the top 3 percent of districts statewide and said it sees some positives in the new measures, which will be implemented fully this spring.
A new ratings system to be rolled out for Missouri’s schools would drop the Parkway School District from achieving a perfect score like it has in previous years, but it represents opportunities along with challenges for educators. In general, the idea behind the new rating system is to give district’s far more specifics on how they are performing. The previous system used 14 standards to measure a district’s accomplishment while the new one issues grades across a 140-point scale. Like Creve Coeur Patch on Facebook The result is that even the highest-performing districts, such as Parkway, will face increased scrutiny as they try to measure up to the new system. Still, Parkway’s Coordinator of Student Assessment Kevin Beckner told Patch he …
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kim Hampton
7:50 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Not neccesarily, The key issue, can the district afford it? Are teachers in favor of it? Will the children have a the tools needed? Bottom line...more does not always mean better!! more ›